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On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 10:48 +0100, Marc Blumentritt wrote: |
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> One more question about what exactly your usbdev script is doing. It |
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> looks into /sys/class/usb_device/$MDEV/device/*/modalias and loads the |
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> modules listed there. What modules are these? |
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When plugging in a webcam, mdev will not load the webcam driver by |
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default. The linux kernel kindly provide you with a module alias, and |
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modprobe support loading modules from aliases - i made hotplugging work |
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Long time since i tested it (proably 2.6.16/18 something) and i cant |
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remember i have ever seen any documentation about the usb stuff in /sys. |
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I used the try-and-fail method to make it work. |
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> Regarding your mdev.conf. It starts with listing links, which should be |
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> created. This is not working on my machine. Are you using a special |
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> patched version of bb? Or have I overlooked some options of bb config? |
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I started with a mdev.conf i found somwhere (probably tinderbox) |
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I actually think they never worked for me either. IIRC i checked the bb |
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source and wondered if the links were supposed to work at all. I for got |
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to remove them (or was too lazy) |
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> Regrads, |
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> Marc |
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